The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-06-30
THOSE FLAGS.

4 Fun List OF the Captured Rebel
Flags a. InVentOrIed by the War
Department..
WASHINGTON, June 23.-The order
recently issued by the president to re-
turn to the Southern states all the flags
captured by the federal forces during
the war, and his act in countermand-
ing that order, have created so much
comment both north and south that a
list of the flags will be interesting
reading. The list as inventoried by the
war department is as follows:
Flag of the 18th Virginia regiment.
Battle flag of the 5th Alabama, Chan
cellorsville, May 8.
Flag of the 10th Virginia volunteers,
Charlottesville, May 8.
Stars and bars, inscribed sfCitiZen
Soldiers, the Best Defense of Our Coun-
try"
81, '63.
Yallabusha Rifles, Cumberland, jan
uary 10, '62.
Battle flag of a South Carolina regi-
ment, taken at Malvern Hill, July l,
1862.
Battle flag of 18th Virginia infantry.
Battle flag of LIST Virginia infantry.
Flag of End Mississippi regiment.
Flag of North Carolina infantry.
Stars and bars of 18th Virginia in
fantry.
8Oth Virginia infantry battle flag.
30th Arkansas infantry battle flag.
Battle flag captured at Antietam.
Battle flag of nth Alabama.
Flag from Missionary Ridge.
Flag of 38th Alabama infantry.
Three flags taken from Bragg's army
at Lookout Mountain.
There was also the Southern Cross
found in the entrenchments at Loudon.
Tennessee.
Flag of the 4Oth Virginia infantry
One from the LIST Georgia.
Stars and Bars, marked ''Independ-
ence, Wilson's Invincibles."
Battle flag of Hoods Texas Brigade.
Flag of the 10Th Georgia volunteers.
One resembling the British Union
Jack.
Southern Cross, taken at Petersburg
One from the 18th North Carolina.
One from the seth Carolina vOlun-
teers.
Three from Fishers Hill.
One from Suray Valley.
One from the 32d Virginia cavalry.
Battle flag of the 18th Georgia.
One hundred and seventy-nine battle
| flags from the 3rd Virginia cavalry.
Virginia's state flag.
| Two flags from Winchester.
Que from the 44th Georgia.
North Carolina 8 state flag.
Battle flag of the 9Th Alabama.
One from the 36th Virginia volun
teers.
| The National Confederate flag.
One from the 18th Georgia.
| Battle flag from the 18th Louisiana
l One from the 1St MiSSiSSlDni.
One from the 9Th Kentucky vOlun
teers.
One from the 37th Alabama.
One from the 35th Mississippi.
The flag of Alabama.
Three flags from Waynesburg, Va.
Three from Five Forks.
One from Hatcher's Run.
One from the rear guard of Lee
army.
Four from the Farm Cross Roads.
Sixteen from Sailors creek.
One from the 18th Mississippi.
| A real confederate flag.
Three captured near Petersburg.
One from the 50th Georgia.
One from the II Florida infantry.
One from the 1st Texas.
One from Sumpter's heavy artillery
TenneSsee's state colors.
One from the 18th Alabama.
Virginia state colors.
One from the 18th Florida infantry
One from the North Carolina infaI
try.
One from the 44th Georgia.
One from the 4Sth Alabama.
The 18th Georgia battle flag.
One from the 40th Virginia.
, There are also quite number thu
! are so torn that it is impossible to ideI
tify them. All of them will now b
: placed in some safe place to await th
disposition of congress.